Buyer power and the 'waterbed effect'

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Inderst, Roman ^a   Valletti, Tommaso M ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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EID: 79952995826     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2011.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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